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Simone Weil: The Reluctant Convert

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Richard John Penaskovic
Richard John Penaskovic*
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Auburn University, Philosophy, 6080 Haley Center, Auburn, United States, 36849-5210
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New Blackfriars , Volume 96 , Issue 1064 , July 2015 , pp. 391 - 404
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14 Ibid., p. 80.

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17 Ibid., p. 83.

18 Ibid., p. 83.

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33 Ibid., p. 40.

34 Ibid., p. 41.

35 Ibid., p. 41.

36 Ibid., p. 43.

37 Ibid., p. 44.

38 Ibid., p. 46.

39 Ibid., p. 47.

40 Ibid., p. 47.

41 Ibid., p. 48.

42 Beyer, Sinn und Genese, p. 17.

43 Ibid., p. 19.

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